Blackstone's public sale of Brixmor is expected to be one of the largest real-estate IPOs since the financial crisis.

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On September 5th Sotheby's opened the sale to public view.

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The Labour motion, calling on the government to "rethink its decision on the sale of England's public forest estate" was defeated by 310 votes to 260, a majority of 50.

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The council's scrutiny committee wanted the public to decide if the sale should go ahead but the proposal was rejected.

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Tickets for Quantum's first sailing will go on sale to the public June 4, with Royal Caribbean regular cruisers getting an early shot at tickets starting May 27.

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The crowded main room, four additional public rooms in Sotheby's and countless telephone bidders slowed the pace of the sale.

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The most recent proposal, which has the approval of the central bank, suggests the bailout will be financed by the public sale of those bonds based on the future earnings of the group's toll roads.

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Having failed to make the strategy work at Sears, he carried it over into Dean Witter's merger with Morgan Stanley, reasoning that linking the underwriting of securities with their sale to the public had to have some value.

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This can be married with information about the timing of trades: for example, a short sale before the public release of bad news, says Tony Turner, the company's boss.

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